Comparison

Clipps vs Spider Notes

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Clipps

This app acts as a personal knowledge base, saving and organizing content from any online source. It uses AI to process saved items, providing transcripts, summaries, and smart tagging for easy searching and retrieval across devices.

Highlights
  • Save content from any app
  • AI-powered content processing
  • Automatic transcripts and summaries
  • Smart topic tagging
  • Searchable personal library
  • Organize with custom lists
  • Cross-device synchronization
Features
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Stop losing the things you find online. Clipps is your personal knowledge base that saves, organizes, and understands your content, leading to relevant links. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Share a link from TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X, or any app and Clipps saves it instantly. Works with videos, articles, web pages, PDFs, images, audio, and notes. AI-POWERED UNDERSTANDING Every piece of content you save gets automatically processed: - Full transcripts for videos and audio - AI-generated summaries and key takeaways - Smart topic tagging and categorization - Recipe extraction from cooking videos - Deep analysis with frame-by-frame breakdowns - links to subjects or topics from each SEARCH YOUR KNOWLEDGE Find anything you have ever saved. Search across transcripts, summaries, topics, and notes. Your personal library becomes fully searchable. ORGANIZE WITH LISTS Create custom lists to group related content. Build collections around projects, interests, or goals. WORKS ACROSS DEVICES Access your library from your iPhone, the web, or the Chrome extension. Everything stays in sync. PRIVACY FIRST Your data is encrypted and private. You control what you save and how it is used.

About

Spider Notes

Features
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Spider Notes turns your thinking into a spider web. Start with a central idea and watch related thoughts radiate outward on clean radial spokes, with sibling ideas linked by concentric rings of silk. It is a spatial, visual way to take notes, brainstorm, plan, and revise. FEATURES • Strict spider-web canvas with automatic layout • Pan and pinch-to-zoom for webs of any size • Per-branch colour coding • Recall mode for active-recall study • Light and dark appearance • Export any web as an image or PDF • Private by design, with notes stored locally • Native support for iPhone, iPad, and Mac Spider Notes is free. No account, purchase, or subscription is required. Privacy Policy: https://www.lukekevinmclaughlin.com/privacy Support: https://www.lukekevinmclaughlin.com/support SUBSCRIPTION AND TERMS Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.lukekevinmclaughlin.com/privacy

Screenshots

Clipps4 screens
Spider Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Clipps at 15.0 against Spider Notes's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Clipps versus Spider Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClippsSpider Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMENDELEY K WELLSLuke Mclaughlin

In-app purchases

None

Clipps

No in-app purchases

None

Spider Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clipps free?
Clipps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spider Notes free?
Spider Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Clipps or Spider Notes have ads?
Neither Clipps nor Spider Notes shows ads.

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